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The purpose of this book is to help health professionals learn how to enhance resilience in patients with serious health problems such as somatizing disorders and specific physical diseases who are usually resistant to psychosocial approach. Furthermore, this book will be able to help the general public learn how to enhance resilience and promote health in difficult situations. ‘Resilience-enhancing approach’ (REA) refers to a variety of therapeutic modalities enhancing resilience, that is, biopsychosociospiritual approach. It includes biological therapy (psychopharmacotherapy), stress management, cognitive behavioral therapy, and spiritual approach. Therefore, therapists should have knowledge about resilience and spirituality as well as these therapeutic modalities. A variety of clinical cases are illustrated, helping therapists understand how to enhance resilience in patients with somatizing disorders and specific physical diseases. Therefore, the REA can be not only a therapeutic but also a preventive intervention.

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Author:   Kyung Bong Koh
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:  

9783032112132

ISBN 10:   3032112133
Pages:   195
Publication Date:   03 January 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Vulnerability and resilience.- Chapter 2. Strategies for enhancing resilience.- Chapter 3. How to manage stress.- Chapter 4. Cognitive behavioral approach for managing stress.- Chapter 5. Cognitive approach for type A behavior.- Chapter 6. The role of religion and spirituality in body and mind.- Chapter 7. How to deal with spiritual stressors.- Chapter 8. Interview techniques for somatizing patients.- Chapter 9. Somatizing disorders.- Chapter 10. Chronic pain.- Chapter 11. Somatic symptoms-related disorders.- Chapter 12. Depression in the medically ill.- Chapter 13. Anxiety in the medically ill.- Chapter 14. Functional dyspepsia.- Chapter 15. Poststroke depression.- Chapter 16. Cancer.- Chapter 17. Specific cancers.- Chapter 18. Epilogue.

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Kyung Bong Koh, M.D., Ph.D. is a professor emeritus of psychiatry at Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. He graduated from Yonsei University College of Medicine (M.D.). He is the author of the book ‘Stress and Somatic Symptoms: Biopsychosociospiritual Perspectives’ (Springer, 2018) and editor of the book ‘Somatization and Psychosomatic Symptoms’ (Springer, 2013). His many published articles concentrate primarily on psychosomatic medicine, especially psychoneuroimmunology, somatization and stress. He has developed a number of psychological instruments, including the Stress Response Inventory (SRI). He played a leading role in founding the Korean Society of Psychosomatic Medicine (1992) and also served as president of the Society. In addition, he served as chairperson of the Organizing Committee of the 21st World Congress on Psychosomatic Medicine (2011) held in Seoul, Korea. He served as president of the International College of Psychosomatic Medicine (ICPM) (2019-2022).

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